Three Angel Musicians - Pasadena, CA
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N 34° 08.783 W 118° 09.526
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This sculpture is in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.
You don't often see zithers, bagpipes and timbrels together.
Waymark Code: WMH6QH
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2013
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The sculpture is entitled Three Angel Musicians and depicts three separate female angels.
The Museum's website (
visit link) adds:
"Angel Playing Zither, 14th century
Pisan School
Italian
Marble
20 x 5-1/8 in. (50.8 x 13 cm)
The Norton Simon Foundation
F.1965.1.115.S
© 2012 The Norton Simon Foundation
On view
(Left) "Angel Playing Zither"
(Center) "Angel Playing Bagpipe"
(Right) "Angel Playing Timbrels'"
Note that the zither is actually on the right...and the timbrels on the left...perhaps the Museum intended to say stage left and stage right.